Re: [Cz-L] czernowitz-l digest: March 08, 2014

What a fascinating story. The naming of children is very interesting. My mother, who was born in Kolomea, was named for her paternal grandmother who died young. So my grandmother added a middle name for good luck for a neighbor who died very old. My mother is now 95. My grandfather wasn't too thrilled at the time. As it turned out, he died young.

Shelley

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On Mon, 3/10/14, yosi-jerry <eshet1_at_netvision.net.il> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Cz-L] czernowitz-l digest: March 08, 2014
 To: ligedit_at_aol.com, czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu
 Date: Monday, March 10, 2014, 5:00 PM
 
 Hi Linda
 My maternal grandmother was nicknamed "Babale" by the
 "Sadegerer Rebe". Despite being born as Rebecca Weiner, and
 after her marriage officially - Rebecca Ruhm. Everybody in
 the family took care to call her "Babale". She was born in
 Storozhinetz and became very ill as a child. Her mother who
 was from Sadagura wrote her brother in Sadagura to go to the
 Rebe there and see if he can help. The Rebe ordered that the
 first step must be to change her name to Babale in order to
 fool the "Malakhamus" - the Angel of Death who coming to
 look for child will find a Babe and therefore turn back. The
 next thing the Rebe ordered was that the child should come
 from Storozhinetz to live near his court in Sadegere. My
 Grandmother's parents followed the Rebe's instructions and
 sent her to live with her uncle in Sadagura. She stayed
 alive and later married my grandfather, moved with him to
 Suczawa (Shotz),and despite her poor condition gave birth to
 three children, among them my mother. She perished on the
 way to Transnistria . "HashemYikom dama" Let the Lord avenge
 her blood.
 Yosef Eshet
 
 

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